Port Arthur Housing Authority

According to Port Arthur Housing Authority Executive Director Seledonio “Cele” Quesada, the PAHA Board of Commissioners met in a special session March 7 and voted to take steps to bring closure to a 2012 HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Audit that brought into the spotlight nearly $6 millio

UPDATE: Mayor Prince says she will make no immediate changes on the board.

After a damning federal audit from HUD and with a court battle looming over the termination of former employee Joe Guillory, the Port Arthur Housing Authority (PAHA) moved to executive session away from reporters and out of the public eye Monday, Oct. 22.

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